Armenia's Rafik Harutyunyan wins gold at European Weightlifting Championships
Armenian weightlifter Rafik Harutyunyan (81 kg) has won gold at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships being held in Tirana, Albania.
The athlete lifted a total of 354 kg (160 kg in the snatch and 194 kg in the clean and jerk) to be crowned European champion on Wednesday.
Another Armenian representative, Karen Margaryan, took the fourth place in the same weight category.
The Armenian men's team competing in the championships also includes Andranik Karapetyan (89 kg), Vardan Manukyan (89 kg), Ara Aghanyan (96 kg), Davit Hovhannisyan (96 kg), Samvel Gasparyan (102 kg), Arsen Martirosyan (109 kg), Varazdat Lalayan (+109 kg) and Gor Minasyan (+109 kg). All athletes are from Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri and the town of Etchmiadzin.
The women's team is composed of Izabella Yailyan (55 kg), Tatev Hakobyan (76 kg) and Hripsime Khorshudyan (87 kg).